Once you've got the DSE Backup and Restore Service configured and running, your backups will
run automatically using the schedule you've determined, with no intervention required. You
can then manage backups from the backup administration node using a comprehensive set of
built in CQL commands. For details, see Backup and Restore Service CQL Command Reference (beta).

Local, NFS and cloud-based backup stores

The DSE Backup and Restore Service gives you the choice of storing backups in fault-tolerant
cloud storage systems as well as on either local node storage or NFS mounts. Both Google
Cloud and Amazon S3 as well as S3 compatible services are supported. If you wish to keep
your data within your organization, you can also choose to back up to local storage on the
backup administration node itself, or a shared NFS mount. In addition, for further
redundancy, you can back up data to multiple backup stores at once. For details, see Creating and managing backup configurations (beta).

Comprehensive backup configuration and retention policies

You can create backup configurations that run automatic backups at any period you require,
using standard cron specifications, specifying whether you require data recoverable to the
minute or the month. For details, see Creating and managing backup configurations (beta).

In addition, using only two cassandra.yaml configuration parameters,
you can create a retention policy to determine how many backups you want to store, and for
how long they should be stored. You can store any number of backups for any length of time
you require, for instance a minimum of three backups available within a week. For details,
see Customize backup retention policy.

Restore keyspaces and tables to existing and new clusters

Once you've configured the Backup and Restore Service and created backups, you can restore
either complete keyspaces, or a selection of tables within the backed up keyspace. You can
restore backed up keyspace data into a new keyspace, and you can also reference backup store
configurations from one cluster's backup store to restore data into another cluster. For
details, see Restoring backups (beta).